John Kim has been appointed as the head of the DV Chain cryptocurrency discretionary trading team

John Kim has joined the Singapore office of the Chicago proprietary trading firm DV Trading, responsible for the newly established cryptocurrency discretionary trading team, which will operate through its cryptocurrency business division DV Chain. John Kim previously served as the head of derivatives trading at Nomura's digital asset division Laser Digital, joining the company in October 2025; prior to that, he spent three years as the head of derivatives trading at the cryptocurrency investment bank Galaxy Digital. DV Chain was established in 2016, previously focusing primarily on market-making; the number of employees at DV Trading has increased to over 600.